Great white pelican and other birds in flight

Great White Pelican : A rare sight on / over the Diep River, Woodbridge Island, Cape Town

A few in-flight images from this morning. I took advantage of the good light we had here at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town.

The highlight of the morning was definitely seeing the great white pelican spending some time on (and over) the Diep River. All the birds featuring in this birds in flight photography update is flying directly above the river.

Birds in flight (from the top)

• Great white pelican
• Black-winged stilt
• Cape teal duck
• Little egret
• African oystercatcher
• Purple heron
• Egyptian goose
• White-breasted cormorant

Lightroom Post-Processing
All images processed in Adobe Lightroom 8. Converted from RAW to JPG. Lens profile correction. Minor colour correction. Sharpness and noise reduction applied.

Cape Town Location
Milnerton Lagoon Woodbridge Island, Cape Town. Over the Diep River flowing past the Milnerton Golf Course

Equipment (Birds In Flight / Action Photography)

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera body
• Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
• SanDisk Extreme 64GB 120MB/s CF Card

Manual Mode Settings

• Shutter speed: 1/3200s
• Aperture: f/5.6
• Focal length 400mm
• Auto-ISO (ISO 400 - 800)
• Continuous shooting mode (10 fps) / AI Servo
• AI Servo / AF Mode Option (Large / Wide Zone AF / Case 1)
• Lens AF On / No IS / Handheld

(Click to enlarge)

Black-Winged Stilt over the Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Cape Teal Duck over the Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Little Egret in Flight over the Diep River Woodbridge Island

African Oystercatcher  in Flight over the Diep River Woodbridge Island

Purple Heron  in Flight over the Diep River Woodbridge Island

 Egyptian goose over the Diep River, Woodbridge Island

"Scruffy' White-Breasted Cormorant over the Diep River, Woodbridge Island

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